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Preparatory training on social protection for Tajik migrants in Kazakhstan

New ILO report says “cost of coercion” to workers in forced labour surpasses USD 20 billion per year

In a new study on the patterns of forced labour worldwide, the International Labour Office (ILO) says the “opportunity cost” of coercion to the workers affected reaches over USD 20 billion per year.

Fish and fairs support economic development in Sri Lanka

By Roel Hakemulder, Advisor, Enter-Growth Project, Sri Lanka. The ornamental fish breeders of Polonnaruwa District in Sri Lanka had a problem--not enough water. In 2007, with support from the ILO’s Sida-funded Enterprise for Pro-poor Growth project...

Tackling youth unemployment through youth entrepreneurship

The promotion of youth employment is one of the most critical challenges Indonesia is facing today. Nearly 2 million Indonesian young women and men enter the labour market each year. Nationwide, Indonesia’s youth is six times more likely than adults...

Fellowship programme for policy makers

The first fellowship batch under the Technical and Vocational Education Training project comprising of senior government and employers'organization visited Malaysia and Australia. The objective was to provide them first hand knowledge on the...

Getting an education in Papua

By Urmila Sarkar, Child Labour and Youth Employment Specialist, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Papua, home to 50 million indigenous people and 300-400 distinct indigenous communities with their own languages, beliefs and livelihoods, is...

Keynote speech at the Forum on Training Policies of Government and Industry to Address Employment Mismatch

By Ms Linda Wirth, Director, ILO SRO-Manila, Manila, Philippines

Speech at the KAB Annual Review Meeting

By Mr Zhang Guoqing, Deputy Director, ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia

Paskalina Baru: Building local communities in Papua

By Gita F. Lingga, Communications-Officer of ILO-Jakarta. (Manokwari, West Papua): This is a story of Paskalina Baru, Programme Facilitator, in West Papua. She has broken the traditional barrier, becoming the first female facilitator for the ILO's...

Absallom Retto: Investing for the future

By Gita F. Lingga, Communications-Officer of ILO-Jakarta. (Jayapura, Papua): Most indigenous peoples are dependent on their access to lands, territories and natural resources, particularly where they still engage in traditional livelihood...

Avian and pandemic human influenza and the workplace

By Suttida Chaikitsakol, National Project Coordinator, Subregional Ofice for East Asia. The continuing outbreaks of cases of avian influenza have prompted worldwide concerns of possible pandemic human influenza. As the number of cases of infection...

Gender Equality

From Veil to Camera: Empowering women through skills training

In many countries, women face more barriers than men to acquire the necessary skills to use new technologies and to start innovative economic activities. For the 60 per cent of women employed in agriculture in South Asia, access to quality...

Opening speech at China 2nd High Skills Development Forum

By Ms Constance Thomas, Director, ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia

Sub-regional Training “HIV/AIDS and the world of work” for constituents’ focal points

Know About Business workshop in Bishkek

A 10 day national train-the-trainers workshop for (KAB) programme is being held at the premises of Vocational College No.44 in Bishkek. The workshop has been organized with the support of the International Labour Organization, KABAR News Agency was...

ILO offers first safety and health training for North West Cambodian workers

Experts from the ILO visit north-western Cambodia to assist at the ILO’s first occupational safety and health training session in that region.

The Pacifc’s youth employment challenge

By Aurelio Parisotta, INTEGRATION, ILO Geneva; Margaret Reade Rounds, ILO Suva & Urmila Sarkar, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. There are many obstacles facing young people like Genevieve who want to get an education and a job in the...

Peace, security and work in Timor-Leste

By Jose Assalino, Chief Technical Advisor, Timor-Leste. As a newly independent country with a fledgling economy, Timor-Leste faces many social and economic challenges. To help the Timorese people find decent work the ILO started three new...

Helping former Afghan fighters reintegrate

By Ingrid Christensen, Officer-in-Charge, Jacqueline Paul and Ram Gopal Parajuli, ILO Kabul. Former fighters and their families are now getting help to resume normal lives, thanks to the Afghan Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and...

Training to improve work safety for Lao small business

Improving working conditions in small businesses will be the focus of a national workshop for government officials, workers and employers in Vientiane on 19-20 July 2007.